Hanny van Arkel, a 25-year-old school teacher, discovered a new celestial body while classifying galaxies at the amateur astronomy site, galaxyzoo.com. The object she discovered is a ghostly looking green gas ...
Learned Community Previously Derisive of Amateur Astronomers is Eating Humble Pie in Light of Hanny's Voorwerp Embed: Font What do you get when you combine the passion for a hobby with a well honed skill at ...
Audio for this story will be available at approx. 12:00 p.m. ET Edd Edmondson Hanny van Arkel, the Dutch primary schoolteacher who discovered a mysterious new astronomical object.
Hanny's Voorwerp, that odd object discovered by Dutch school teacher Hanny van Arkel via the Galaxy Zoo project, has provoked press reaction all over the world.
